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1. News - China - RELIGION

   Be more tolerant of traditional faiths, Xi Jinping urges Communist Party

   Posted Sep 30th 2013, 09:28am by Reuters in Beijing

   ... Reuters in Beijing President troubled by China's moral decline President Xi Jinping believes China is losing its moral compass and he wants the ruling Communist Party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths in the hope these will help fill a vacuum created by the country’s breakneck growth and rush to get rich, sources said. Xi, who grew up in Mao’s puritan China, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1321197/xi-jinping-hopes-traditional-faiths-can-fill-moral-void-china
2. News - China

   Xi urges Netanyahu to re-start Middle East peace talks

   Posted May 10th 2013, 12:15pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... China’s President Xi Jinping urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to restart peace talks with the Palestinians as soon as possible, days after he tried to convince Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to revive discussions. Xi’s comments to Netanyahu and Abbas this week reflect China’s intent to strengthen its diplomatic role in a region where its influence has ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1234425/xi-urges-netanyahu-re-start-middle-east-peace-talks
3. News - China

   US ex-revolutionary places hopes on Xi

   Posted Nov 12th 2012, 08:45pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... interviews he’s given,” he said, adding that Xi Zhongxun was the “most democratic-minded of the old party leadership”. Xi Jinping, 59, is expected to formally take over as party leader on Thursday, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1080974/us-ex-revolutionary-places-hopes-xi
4. News - China

   China’s new rulers could have reform thrust upon them

   Posted Nov 16th 2012, 09:42am by Reuters in Beijing

   ... change upon them. President-in-waiting Xi Jinping and the next premier, Li Keqiang, were anointed on Thursday as the top leaders of the Communist Party, only the second time the party has managed a peaceful transition since it took power in 1949. Xi, a “princeling” whose father was a top official, and Li, a policy wonk with a law background, inherit a China that is richer and more confident, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083714/chinas-new-leaders-could-have-reform-thrust-upon-them-infographic
5. News - China

   Xi seeks to reassure Asean on sea dispute

   Posted Sep 21st 2012, 02:44pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping sought to reassure Southeast Asian leaders on Friday that his country wanted only peaceful relations with them, following months of growing tensions over the strategically located South China Sea. Speaking at the opening of a trade fair in southern China for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members, Vice President Xi said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1042221/china%E2%80%99s-xi-seeks-reassure-southeast-asia-sea-dispute
6. News - China

   China’s new first lady Peng Liyuan an instant internet hit

   Posted Mar 22nd 2013, 05:16pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... lady, Peng Liyuan, stepped into the international limelight on Friday and became an instant internet sensation back home. Stepping off the aircraft in Moscow – the first stop of President Xi Jinping’s maiden foreign trip since assuming office – Peng’s glamorous appearance and obvious affection for her portly husband caused Chinese microbloggers to swoon. “So beautiful, Peng Liyuan, so ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1197264/all-eyes-chinas-first-lady-peng-liyuan-xi-touches-down-moscow
7. News - China

   Myanmar’s president says democracy won’t change friendship with China

   Posted Sep 22nd 2012, 12:31pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... China’s foreign ministry cited Thein Sein as telling Xi. “China has for a long time provided a large amount of sincere support and help, and stood at Myanmar’s side at the most difficult of times. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1042992/myanmar%E2%80%99s-president-says-democracy-won%E2%80%99t-change-friendship-china
8. News - China

   China’s year of political surprises not over

   Posted Oct 26th 2012, 09:21am by Reuters in Beijing

   ... in secret - in contrast to the very public leadership battle underway in the United States. One of the few things known with almost total certainty is that Vice-President Xi Jinping will take over as party leader at the congress which opens November 8, leaving dozens of senior positions to be fought over in the political backrooms. Xi then becomes president in March at the annual meeting ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1070161/chinas-year-political-surprises-not-over
9. News - China

   Xi recovering from bad back, set to make appearance

   Posted Sep 14th 2012, 06:56pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping could make a public appearance as early as Saturday as he recovers from a bad back, sources said, dispelling rumours about his health after he dropped out of sight at the start of this month. Xi has been out of the public eye for almost two weeks and has skipped meetings with foreign leaders and dignitaries, including US Secretary of State ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1036975/chinas-xi-recovering-bad-back-could-appear-soon
10. News - China - 18th PARTY CONGRESS

    Hu seeks clean power handover with military promotion, sources say

    Posted Aug 31st 2012, 05:05pm by Reuters in Beijing

    ... Jiang, could choose to stay on as its chief for another couple of years beyond his handover of the presidency to Xi in March next year. In what is seen as the ultimate bulwark of power, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1027066/hu-seeks-clean-power-handover-military-promotion-sources-say

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